Land Use Data for Latitude -26.25 Longitude -54.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Ñacunday National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Soybeans
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Lixisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
El Dorado - VictoriaIron, Titanium, Metal
La Barranca QuarryStone
Sand Pits Ne of Puerto VictoriaSand and Gravel, Construction
Sand Pits Sw of Puerto DeliciaSand and Gravel, Construction
Sand Pits Sw of Puerto Los PinaresSand and Gravel, Construction
Sand Pits Sw of Puerto VictoriaSand and Gravel, Construction

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.